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Sept. 6, 1938. H. M. NICHOLLS CONTAINER Filed Feb. 25, 1936 1? Ma 4 In"Patented Sept. 6, 1938 UNITED STATES CONTAIN ER Henry M. Nicholls,Chicago, Ill.,

assignor to American Can Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of NewJersey Application February 25, 1936, Serial No. 65,695

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to a container or can having a fibre orother soft material body which is adapted to be closed with a removablemetallic cover and has particular reference to a metallic ferrule orcollar for the raw edge of the cover end of the body, the collarproviding a bead interrupted with spaced depressions which set oifadjacent protuberances for holding the cover in .place when the latteris applied to the can.

An object of the invention is the provision in a container having a softmaterial body, of a metallic collar of annular channel shape which isreadily secured over the top raw edge of the body to protect andreenforce the same and which after attachment to the can provides anarrow annular head in which is formed transverse depressions spaced atintervals around its circumference to permit application of a cover tothe can andwhich set off a plurality of spaced protuberances readilyengageable.by cooperating projections formed in a flange of the coverfor locking the latter in place when it is applied to the can.

Another object is the provision of such a can taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a can andits cover embodying the instant invention and show- 40 1izng the coverin removed and separated posiion;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view illustrating a part of the upper end ofthe can of Fig. 1 with a fragment of the cover shown in can-closing 45position, the cover fragment being broken back and shown partly-insection; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical sections taken substantially along therespective lines 3-3 and 44 in Fig. 2.

50 As a preferred embodiment of the invention the drawing discloses acan ll (Fig. 1) which comprises a fibre or other soft material tubularbody l2 and a bottom I3 secured thereto in any suitable manner.

The upper end of the body I2 is closed with a wherein the metalliccollar which is secured to temporary sealing disc l5 of cellophane orother suitable frangible material which is adapted to be cut out to gainaccess to the can interior. The disc is held in place by an annularcollar I6 of metal or other relatively hard material formed in aninverted channel shape and is disposed over the top of the raw edge ofthe body wall (Fig. 3).

The outer and inner channel side walls or sections indicated by thenumerals l8, 19 extend down adjacent corresponding surfaces of the 10wall of the body E2, the inner wall 89 clamping the edge of the sealingdisc i5 against the inside of the body wall to hold the disc in place.The exposed terminal edges of the channel walls are turned inwardly andare embedded into the body wall to secure the collar againstdisplacement and to form a narrow annular bead extending around the topedge of the can and projecting outwardly from the sides of the bodyWall. The collar bead thus protects the raw edge of the body wall andreenforces the upper end of the can.

At spaced intervals around the circumference of the collar it itschannel walls l8, l9 are pinched in and embedded into the soft materialof the body wall until the corresponding surfaces of channel walls andbody wall are flush as shown in Fig. 4. This provides a plurality ofdepressions 22 (Figs. 1, 2 and 4) which extend transversely of and whichset ofi adjacent portions of the collar head as protuberances 23projecting beyond the sides of the body wall. These depressions andprotuberances are provided for holding a metallic cover 24 which fitsover the top of the can and which is utilized as a reclosure afterremoval of the sealing disc l5.

The cover 2* is of the general configuration of a slip cover and isformed with :1. depending flange 25 which extends down adjacent the wallof the body l2 below the collar It and terminates in an outward curl 26.Inwardly projecting interrupted screw thread sections or projections Zlare provided in the flange for cooperation with the collar protuberances23 to hold the cover in place when it is applied to the can. Thesethread sections are spaced to match or align with the depressions 22 ofthe collar so that in applying the cover the thread sections may bereadily slipped through the depressions to seat the cover on top of thecollar. 5

In this applied position of the cover the lower end of each of thethread sections 2? is below the level of the bottom of the collarprotuberances- 23.

It is then only necessary to slightly rotate the cover until the screwthreads engage under the protuberances in a wedging section as shown inFig. 2 to lock the cover in closed position. To facilitate this lookingaction and also to provide for easy disengagement of the cover when thecan is to be opened, the sides of the depressions 22 are preferablybeveled and inclined as shown at 28 in Fig. 2.

It is thought that the invention and many of. its attendant advantageswill be understood from the foregoing description, and it will beapparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the formhereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A container, comprising a tubular body of relatively soft material, acollar of relatively hard material having inner and outer wallssurrounding an end of said body, the outer of said walls constituting anannular bead projecting out wardly beyond the plane of said body, saidouter wall having spaced transverse depressions extending the entiredepth thereof and setting off adjacent portions of the bead asprotuberances, and a cover for said container adapted to fit the end ofsaid body and having projections passable through said collardepressions when applying the cover to the body and engageable with saidprotuberances for locking the applied cover in place.

2. A container, comprising a tubular fibre body, an annular metalliccollar disposed over a raw edge of an end of said body and formed in aninverted channel shape having outer and inner wall sections which extendadjacent and overlap correspondingsurfaces of said body in grippingengagement therewith, the wall sections of said collar being pinched inat spaced intervals around its circumference to provide depressionswhich extend transversely of said collar throughout the entire depththereof and set off portions of the latter as protuberances projectingbeyond the sides of said body, and a flanged cover for said containeradapted to fit over the end of said body and having spaced interruptedscrew-thread sections in its flange which are alignable with said collardepressions and passable therethrough when applying the cover to thebody, said screwthread sections being engageable with said collarprotuberances by a slight rotation of the applied cover for locking thelatter in place on the body.

3. A container, comprising a tubular body of relatively soft material, asealing disc in an end of the body for temporarily sealing the containerand adapted to be cut out for gaining access to the container interior,an annular collar of relatively hard material disposed over a raw edgeof an end of said body for holding said sealing disc in place andconstituting a bead extending around the body projecting beyond itssides, said collar having spaced depressions which extend transverselyof the bead throughout the depth thereof, said depressions definingadjacent bead portions as protuberances, and'a flanged cover for thecontainer which fits over the sealed end of. the body and which isutilized as a reclosure after removal of said sealing disc, said coverhaving spaced projections on its flange which are passable through saidcollar depressions when applying the cover to the body and areengageable with said collar protuberances by a slight rotation of saidapplied cover for locking the latter in place against accidentalmovement.

HENRY M. NICHOLLS.

